Cost of living comparison
Sweden is 71.7% more expensive than Turkmenistan.
If you lived in Sweden instead of Turkmenistan, you would:
pay 12.3% less for restaurants
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$35.00
TMT122.50
|
$11.31
SEK119.14
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.86
TMT45.00
|
$9.30
SEK97.90
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.90
TMT10.17
|
$1.93
SEK20.28
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.05
TMT3.67
|
$1.88
SEK19.84
|
|
pay 39.9% less for groceries
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.43
TMT8.50
|
$2.55
SEK26.83
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$17.86
TMT62.50
|
$5.31
SEK55.90
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$18.39
TMT64.35
|
$5.59
SEK58.85
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$6.86
TMT24.00
|
$3.82
SEK40.23
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$6.16
TMT21.55
|
$4.89
SEK51.45
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.51
TMT8.77
|
$1.22
SEK12.81
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$3.33
TMT11.65
|
$1.07
SEK11.25
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$3.28
TMT11.49
|
$1.14
SEK11.98
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.07
TMT7.26
|
$1.80
SEK18.99
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.95
TMT3.33
|
$0.67
SEK7.02
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.82
TMT2.87
|
$0.72
SEK7.62
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for transportation
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.62
TMT5.68
|
$6.80
SEK71.63
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$10.00
TMT35.00
|
$68.13
SEK717.45
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$42,857.14
TMT150,000.00
|
$27,059.79
SEK284,942.27
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.71
TMT34.00
|
$21.32
SEK224.50
|
|
pay 51.9% less for housing
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$100.00
TMT350.00
|
$29.04
SEK305.75
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,092.86
TMT3,825.00
|
$873.36
SEK9,196.52
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$964.29
TMT3,375.00
|
$653.04
SEK6,876.56
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$436.97
TMT1,529.41
|
$69.04
SEK727.02
|
|
pay 5.3 times more for childcare
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$22.86
TMT80.00
|
$121.10
SEK1,275.19
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$2,856.48
SEK30,079.01
|
|
pay 28.8% less for entertainment and sports
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.14
TMT18.00
|
$6.81
SEK71.76
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$8.43
TMT29.50
|
$3.75
SEK39.44
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$28.57
TMT100.00
|
$6.25
SEK65.78
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$78.57
TMT275.00
|
$39.42
SEK415.06
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$12.86
TMT45.00
|
$13.75
SEK144.76
|
|
pay 40.8% less for clothing
Turkmenistan
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$85.71
TMT300.00
|
$80.13
SEK843.83
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$128.57
TMT450.00
|
$34.51
SEK363.35
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$171.43
TMT600.00
|
$82.17
SEK865.24
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$171.43
TMT600.00
|
$117.97
SEK1,242.25
|
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